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Behold: The Ultimate Problem Solving Dress

What if I told you that there was a cute dress out there that flatters every size and shape. And what if I told you that it's totally office-appropriate. And it's equally perfect for date night. And that all Hollywood ladies love it. And it doesn't have to cost a kajillion dollars. Would you buy it?

Behold, the draped jersey dress.

Now, before you run down to the comments and say "Wait a second Suz, I thought this was going to be a magic never-before-seen dress--not the jersey dress I've seen ten dozen times before!" let me say that I'm talking about a very, very, specific kind of jersey dress, one that solves tons of wardrobe problems and features...

a) a draped front b) fitted sleeves (ideally full-length for a more work-friendly option) c) mid-thigh to knee-length hemline d) is either fitted at the waist can easily be cinched in with a belt f) has some flowy, flattering drapery around the cleavage and stomach area

A dress that has all of those qualities is what really sets The Perfect Jersey Dress apart from the other, more shapeless or flirtier jersey dresses out there. It's kind of the Goldilocks of dresses: it's polish but not too serious, fun but not too flirty, figure-flaunty but also kind of conservative, and while it's fitted the drapery and stretch let's a gal eat. Plus, it's layering friendly and works in a huge range of temperatures and times of day. Here are a few examples:

In the March issue of Glamour (keep an eye out for it--it hits some newsstands tomorrow!) on our Slaves to Fashion style question page, Tracey, Jenny and I go on and on about the awesomeness of these draped jersey dresses, but I thought you STF loyalists deserved a little sneak peek--and these handy shopping shortcuts to some universally flattering dresses:

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